Aggressive sitting is a sport. It originated in Berlin no later than 2008. You can purchase a special stool for this sport for around 70 dollars.
100 Mind-Blowing Berlin Facts
During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
David Bowie helped topple the Berlin Wall. During a performance in 1987, Bowie’s performance of ‘Heroes’ near the Reichstag could be heard by the police in East Berlin. This resulted in a police crackdown because such music was forbidden there. Some say that the violent police crackdown during the concert was a necessity in changing the mood against the state.
From 1961 to 1989, Berlin was divided by the Berlin Wall. West Berliners protested the wall by covering the wall with graffiti.
‘Day of Fate’. Important events in German history have frequently occurred on 9 November, dubbed Schicksalstag, ‘Day of Fate’. In 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated. In 1923, Adolf Hitler’s Nazis attempted the Munich Putsch, and in 1938 they attacked Jews on Kristallnacht. In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell.